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The telegram NEET case and the expansion of platform-level censorship in India

The Court's judgment marks a significant shift in Indian digital rights jurisprudence by accepting that the very design and architecture of a platform may justify extraordinary restrictions affecting millions of lawful users

A Spectacle of Injustice Undone: After 19 years, Bombay HC’s acquittal in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts case recognises the (mis) use of ‘torture...

Nearly two decades after the devastating blasts, that took place on July 7, 2006, the Bombay High Court exposes fabricated evidence, custodial torture, and investigative tunnel vision—overturning death and life sentences in a damning rebuke of India’s anti-terror justice system

Recalibrating Free Speech: The Supreme Court’s constitutional turn in the digital age

Four recent judgments reveal the Indian Supreme Court’s shift toward balancing free expression with dignity, digital accountability, and constitutional values of fraternity and responsibility

Gauhati HC orders clarity after state cites deportation of ‘Wrong Doyjan’ in alleged ‘pushback’ case, demands specific reply on her whereabouts

Court questions State after it cites BSF communication claiming Doyjan Bibi, wife of "Abdul Munnaf", was deported—while plea concerns Doyjan Bibi, wife of Abdul Rejjak

Supreme Court rebukes Haryana SIT for overreach in probe against Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, reasserts narrow scope of investigation

Bench warns Haryana SIT to confine investigation strictly to two Facebook posts under scrutiny; bars further summons to professor, reaffirms protection of free expression beyond sub judice matters

Gauhati HC closes Bakkar Ali writ petition as missing detainee Samsul Ali is found, not rearrested

Court notes production before SP (Border) was attempted; says no deportation threat survives at present but grants liberty to petitioner to return if State takes further action

Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Harassment by Delhi Police, blatant extortion & human rights’ violation in process of identification of “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”: Brinda Karat to HM Amit Shah

Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

SC: ECI’s ‘wisdom’ on revision of electoral rolls challenged, does a disenfranchisement crisis loom over Bihar, with thousands being declared ‘‘D’ (doubtful) voters?

The ECI's credibility, already under sharp public scrutiny post-Lok Sabha Elections 2024, is further strained by its Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) order of June 24, a controversial directive announced even after electoral rolls were finalised in January 2025: the move faces multiple judicial challenges before the Supreme Court. Hearings are scheduled before a vacation bench tomorrow, July 10

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The Supreme Court in 2025: Deference, technicality and the retreat from rights

From citizenship and reservation to encounter accountability, privacy, environmental protection and minority rights, the Court's most contentious judgments of 2025 reveal an increasing preference for institutional deference and procedural compliance over substantive constitutional justice